VISITING OXFORD

Welcome to Oxford!

A FEW FACTS ABOUT OXFORD

There are 24,000 students in Oxford University. Oxford University is made of 30 Colleges. A college is an Academic community where the students live and study.
Alice, from Alice in Wonderland, was a real girl named Alice Liddell. She was the daughter of the Dean* (* doyen)  at Christ Church, who was a friend of Charles Dodgson (A.K.A. Lewis Carroll), who taught* (* teach, taught, taught= enseigner) at the College. Dodgson spent much time with Alice and her family, and immortalized her in his books.
The Great Hall at Christ Church was used as inspiration for the Hogwarts dining hall* (*salle à manger) in the Harry Potter films. The staircase* (* cage d'escalier) leading up to the hall was actually used in several* (*plusieurs) scenes in the films
Residents and natives of Oxford are known as Oxonians. The term also relates to Oxford or Oxford University (adjective), or a member of Oxford University (noun).

If you go to London, you can go to Oxford to spend the day there. It is about  1 hour by train from London Paddington Station. It is very easy!

Oxford City Center is quite small and you can walk around* (*se promener) the numerous colleges of Oxford University. 

Christ Church

The buildings and houses are beautiful and authentic.

Oxford University

A very old house

You can easily imagine how Lewis Carroll lived and created "Alice in Wonderland"

The White Rabbit in the Covered Market

and why it inspired the scenery* (*décor) of the Harry Potter films.

1. New College cloisters (the Hogwarts hallways in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)                        2. Divinity School (Hogwarts Infirmary)

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Let's play! Now, do the OXFORD QUIZ (in the "QUIZ page") and check your understanding!

K.L